Jack的小留学生日记 l 英式用餐礼仪

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在英国，无论是参加正式晚宴还是与家人朋友休闲聚餐，用餐礼仪都是非常重要的。虽然在今天这个时代，外出就餐变得随意了很多，但人们仍不能接受满嘴塞满了食物，用手肘影响他人这些行为。尤其是当人们的穿着与交流都变得随意了之后，大家似乎更注重小节，行为举止与礼仪则也就变得更加重要了。在本期内容中，我将给大家介绍英国正式晚宴中需要遵循的一些规则。

晚餐前：如果您收到了一份晚餐邀请，无论是正式邀请还是口头邀请，都请第一时间礼貌回应并感谢对方。切记不要问邀约者是否可以带别人参加，这很可能给对方带来不便。其次，要记得准备一份礼物，不要空手前往赴宴，在西方文化中，一般葡萄酒、花、巧克力等，都是不错的选择。也可以礼貌的问对方是否需要自己的帮助来准备晚餐，如果对方说不需要带礼物，那就只需要准备常见的晚餐礼物（葡萄酒、巧克力、花）就可以了。

晚餐当天：一般来说，在晚宴当天，比约定时间迟到5-10分钟是比较得体的做法，不要早于约定时间到场，因为如果晚宴地点是对方家里的话，主人往往需要准备很多东西，成为第一个到场的人会很尴尬，但如果自己不能按时来且会迟到很久的话，一定要打电话通知主人，在到达之后也请主动跟主人握手或贴面礼致意，表示礼貌。

更多有关英式礼仪的内容，我将在下期为大家更新。

Jack

英文版

Whether it is a formal dinner with important people or a much more casual occasions such as having supper with one’s family, dining etiquette does not vary and is still very important. Although eating out has become more casual, it still isn't acceptable to talk with your mouth full of food, rock the table with your elbows, or interfere with other diners' experiences by displaying improper etiquette, thus it’s vital to follow certain manner guidelines in both formal settings and even fast-food restaurants. In this day and age where people are talking and dressing less casually, one’s manners and etiquette is more important than ever as we are judged more on the little things by others, both in a professional setting and casual ones. So I will be going through a typical formal dinner step by step the English way.

We firstly begin before the day of the diner; if you are invited to have a diner with someone, it is always good and polite to respond to their invitation and thank them, even if the diner is an informal one and an RSVP (respondez s’il vous plait) is not requested. Please don’t ask the host or hostess if you can bring anyone else with you if the invitation does not make such offer as it might bring inconvenience to the host and it might be awkward if the host does not want to have any more people at his party. It will be also a good time here to think about gifts to bring to the dinner. A great dinner guest never shows up empty-handed and in western cultures, a bottle of wine is customary, while it is also acceptable to bring flowers or chocolates. It would be also wise to politely ask the host or hostess if you can bring anything of help if the dinner is held at one’s house, but if the host or hostess says a gift is not needed, then I would return to the typical dinner gifts of a bottle of wine box of chocolate or some flowers.

On the day of the dinner, one should arrive socially late, around five to fifteen minutes late, and never early than the requested time as the host or hostess need to have everything prepared if the party is held at their home, and also it would be awkward to be the first person there and need to wait for a long time for others to arrive. If for any reason you know that you are going to be late, please do notice your host or hostess beforehand and apologise for the inconvenience via telephone as there will be a higher chance that your message is got across. When you arrive, it is polite and necessary to greet your host or hostess in person and most ideally with a handshake or bise but I do understand that it might not be possible with the pandemic still going on in many parts of the world.

Jack

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